A Native American tribe in South Dakota lifted its banishment on Republican Gov. Kristi Noem in a letter Wednesday, providing its endorsement of her nomination to function secretary of Homeland Safety, Fox Information Digital has realized.
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe President Tony Reider wrote a letter to Noem Wednesday informing her the tribe’s govt committee voted to “remove the banishment” it positioned on Noem in Could and congratulated her for her nomination to serve in President-elect Trump’s cupboard.
The letter comes simply days earlier than Noem is scheduled to seem earlier than the Senate Homeland Safety and Governmental Affairs Committee for her affirmation listening to.
“I commend you on your nomination by President Elect Donald Trump to the position of Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and hereby support your nomination. I wish you the best of luck during the Senate confirmation hearing on January 17, 2025, and believe that your dedication to the safety and security of the United States will benefit us all,” Reider’s letter states, in accordance with a duplicate obtained by Fox Information Digital.
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Kristi Noem, governor of South Dakota and President-elect Trump’s nominee for secretary of Homeland Safety, arrives for a gathering with Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., not pictured, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 11, 2024. (Getty Pictures)
All 9 native tribes in South Dakota banned Noem from their reservations final 12 months after outrage over her suggestion that tribal leaders profit from cartels and the immigration disaster and feedback concerning native youngsters’s futures. The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe was the final tribe to ban her.
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“Their kids don’t have any hope. They don’t have parents who show up and help them. They have a tribal council or a president who focuses on a political agenda more than they care about actually helping somebody’s life look better,” Noem stated final 12 months in a remark that drew criticism from tribes.
Reider addressed the problem in his letter to Noem Wednesday, explaining that the governor has apologized for her earlier remarks and defined her commentary.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks earlier than former President Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, takes the stage throughout a Buckeye Values PAC Rally in Vandalia, Ohio, March 16, 2024. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP through Getty Pictures)
“One of the stipulations contained in the banishment resolution was that you apologize for the comments that were made regarding tribal members and the education of tribal member children which were deemed offensive by some. In several meetings before and after the resolution was passed, you not only explained your position, but apologized if the comments offended the Tribe. You additionally sought advice on how to phrase such communications moving forward, which the Tribe and I appreciated,” Reider wrote.
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Badlands Nationwide Park in South Dakota (Bernie Friel/UCG/Common Pictures Group through Getty Pictures)
The letter comes as Noem prepares for her Senate affirmation listening to Friday morning.
Trump introduced Noem as his decide to steer DHS shortly after his decisive win over Kamala Harris, citing the Republican governor’s efforts to safe the southern border, which has been overwhelmed by unlawful crossings underneath the Biden administration.
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Within the months since her nomination, Noem has picked up endorsements from no less than eight police teams or unions, together with a union that represents hundreds of Border Patrol brokers.
Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry additionally known as on Senate lawmakers, most notably Democrats, to swiftly affirm Noem after a terrorist assault that shook New Orleans on New Yr’s Day.
The Worldwide Affiliation of Fireplace Fighters, a big, traditionally Democratic firefighter union, additionally just lately endorsed Noem, arguing through the raging wildfires in Los Angeles she “understands emergency management and the importance of government response to emergencies both natural and man-made.”
